{"id":4146,"date":"2020-08-19T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2020-08-19T09:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:19:16","slug":"palomars-drone-program-among-first-in-u-s-to-earn-new-faa-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomars-drone-program-among-first-in-u-s-to-earn-new-faa-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"Palomar\u2019s Drone Program Among First in U.S. to Earn New FAA Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN MARCOS, CA \u2014\u00a0Palomar College is among the first higher education institutions in the nation to be accepted into a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) training initiative called the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis national recognition is a well-deserved honor for the faculty, students, industry partners and alumni-entrepreneurs who have made Palomar\u2019s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program one of the best in the country,\u201d said Interim Superintendent\/President Dr. Jack Kahn. \u201cClearly, Palomar is helping to lead the way in this fast-growing field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wing Cheung, Professor of Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences at Palomar, created the college\u2019s drone program in 2016 with Mark Bealo, Associate Professor of Graphic Communications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing part of this FAA-led, nationwide program allows the schools with UAS programs to connect and learn from each other,\u201d Cheung said. \u201cWith this initiative, the FAA is recognizing schools that have well-rounded programs which not only prepare students for their commercial drone pilot exams, but also teach students to fly responsibly and safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a webinar on April 30, the FAA unveiled its new Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI) that was established pursuant to congressional direction in Section 632 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. In order to qualify for the initiative, schools must be accredited two- or four-year institutions offering a degree in drone technology. In addition, the curriculum must include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Training on UAS platforms\u2014multirotor and fixed-wing<\/li>\n<li>Flight systems, radio controllers, components, and characteristics of UAS<\/li>\n<li>Maintenance, uses, applications, privacy concerns, safety, and insurance<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on flight practice using UAS and simulator training<\/li>\n<li>Use of UAS in various industry applications<\/li>\n<li>Federal policies concerning UAS<\/li>\n<li>Training related to flying with sensors and the processing data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Palomar\u2019s Drone Technology program, with generous support from the National Science Foundation\u2019s Advanced Technological Education program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1700552\">NSF DUE#1700552<\/a>), was launched in the fall of 2017 with a certificate, and expanded in 2018 to include an associate\u2019s degree in Drone Applications and Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Cheung said it remains one of the leading comprehensive programs in the country, providing not only instruction in drone operation, but also training in drone data analytics that have been vetted by a number of professionals in the field.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>Media contacts:<\/p>\n<p>Julie Lanthier Bandy, Public Affairs, jlanthierbandy@palomar.edu, 760-744-1150 x2365<\/p>\n<p>Tom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, tpfingsten@palomar.edu, 760-744-1150 x2960<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN MARCOS, CA \u2014\u00a0Palomar College is among the first higher education institutions in the nation to be accepted into a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) training initiative called the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI). \u201cThis national recognition is a well-deserved honor for the faculty, students, industry partners and alumni-entrepreneurs who have made Palomar\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomars-drone-program-among-first-in-u-s-to-earn-new-faa-designation\/\">\u00a0Continue Reading:<span> Palomar\u2019s Drone Program Among First in U.S. to Earn New FAA Designation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10413,"featured_media":4147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,23,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-home","category-news","category-slider"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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